Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Rhymney Valley
- Town
- Brithdir
- County
- Mid Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 6741
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Current location
Tucked away in a small courtyard just off the corner of Russell St and Bristol Terrace
Russell Street
Brithdir
Rhymney Valley
Mid Glamorgan
NP24 6JB
Wales
OS Grid Ref: SO 15057 02164
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Small cenotaph on a plinth and two stepped base with inscription in black lettering and a laurel wreath positioned above.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: IN/ PROUD MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF/ BRITHDIR/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918./ MEWN ANGHOF NI/ CHANT FOD. (Translation: They shall not be forgotten.)/ 1939 - 1945/ 3 and 9 o'clock faces: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, G
Bendall, J
Bendall, T
Bennett, H
Brewer, E
Butler, W
Butts, T
Coles, I
Conolly, J
Davies, S
See details for all 57 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cenotaph
- Condition
- Brithdir
- WMO ID: 164453
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 07-02-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- History Points website: historypoints.org/index.php?page=brithdir-war-memorial#sww (Accessed: 03/01/2021)
- www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4809931
- www.tracesofwar.com/sights/87518/War-Memorial-Brithdir.htm
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